{"id":81625,"date":"2016-12-05T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=81625"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:06:42","slug":"fidel-castro-in-three-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/society-cuba\/fidel-castro-in-three-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidel Castro in three acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Biran<\/h3>\n<p>Fidel Castro was born on his father\u2019s sugar plantation near the town of Biran in eastern Cuba on Aug. 13, 1926.<\/p>\n<p>His father, Angel Castro, was an immigrant from Spain. His mother, Lina, was a former maid.<\/p>\n<p>They had seven children: Four sisters, Angelita, Juanita, Emma and Augustina; and three sons, Ramon, Fidel and Raul.<\/p>\n<p>Fidel Castro grew up around poor immigrants from Haiti, Barbados and other Caribbean nations. They worked on his father\u2019s plantation, which has been restored and is open to tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Castro attended Mixed Rural School No. 15 on the grounds of the plantation. On a clear summer morning, historian Alietty Castro walked into the one-room school and pointed out Fidel Castro\u2019s seat in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe studied here when he was very small,\u201d said Castro, who is not related to the former Cuban leader. \u201cEver since he was very little, he was quite intelligent, very restless, but also very astute. He was a person who from an early age identified with the children in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parents of most of those children were poor and worked on the sugar plantation. Living and studying among the poor likely helped develop Castro\u2019s interest in social justice, the historian said.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-81625 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-6-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro is a controversial figure with countless critics, but he has supporters in his birthplace of Biran. Lazaro Castro said history will remember him \u201cas the great man that he was, as the great human being, the great statesman, the great friend, the great revolutionary.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81626\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81626'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro is a controversial figure with countless critics, but he has supporters in his birthplace of Biran. Lazaro Castro said history will remember him \u201cas the great man that he was, as the great human being, the great statesman, the great friend, the great revolutionary.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-7-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-7-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro was the third of seven children. All seven slept in this crib after their birth. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81643\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81643'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro was the third of seven children. All seven slept in this crib after their birth. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-14-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-14-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro attended the school on his father\u2019s plantation from four to six years of age. Then his family sent him to a private school in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba\u2019s second largest city. He was \u201cquite cheerful, quite happy, but he was mischievous. He liked to get into trouble,\u201d historian Alietty Castro said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81642\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81642'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro attended the school on his father\u2019s plantation from four to six years of age. Then his family sent him to a private school in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba\u2019s second largest city. He was \u201cquite cheerful, quite happy, but he was mischievous. He liked to get into trouble,\u201d historian Alietty Castro said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-10-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-10-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro\u2019s striped underwear was on display on the shelves of a wooden armoire at the plantation. As a teen-ager, Castro excelled at baseball, basketball and hunting. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81641\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81641'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro\u2019s striped underwear was on display on the shelves of a wooden armoire at the plantation. As a teen-ager, Castro excelled at baseball, basketball and hunting. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-9-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-9-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"While at the plantation, Fidel Castro sometimes played pool with his brother, Raul Castro, now president of Cuba. The younger brother was said to be the better pool player. The plantation also featured a bar called La Paloma, which was stocked with more than 160 different kinds of drinks and liquors. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81640\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81640'>\n\t\t\t\tWhile at the plantation, Fidel Castro sometimes played pool with his brother, Raul Castro, now president of Cuba. The younger brother was said to be the better pool player. The plantation also featured a bar called La Paloma, which was stocked with more than 160 different kinds of drinks and liquors. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-8-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-8-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro wrote of his time in Biran: \u201cI lived in almost complete freedom, without laws and without any great impediments of any kind \u2013 always outside, playing, running, making mischief. My parents were very busy, engaged in agriculture and trade, and didn\u2019t spend their days watching us, or making us mind our manners, and there were very few things we weren\u2019t allowed to do.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81639\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81639'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro wrote of his time in Biran: \u201cI lived in almost complete freedom, without laws and without any great impediments of any kind \u2013 always outside, playing, running, making mischief. My parents were very busy, engaged in agriculture and trade, and didn\u2019t spend their days watching us, or making us mind our manners, and there were very few things we weren\u2019t allowed to do.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\n \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-11-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-11-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The plantation had mail and telegraph services. Reading Stove Works, of Reading, Pa., manufactured the old mailbox, which hangs from the front of one of the buildings. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81633\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81633'>\n\t\t\t\tThe plantation had mail and telegraph services. Reading Stove Works, of Reading, Pa., manufactured the old mailbox, which hangs from the front of one of the buildings. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-12-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-12-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Knick-knacks and mementos are found throughout the plantation, everything from this Old Spice shaving mug to a machete that Fidel Castro used in the 1970 sugar harvest. Other items include: A wooden box where Castro kept his coveted cigars; boots he wore on trips to Moscow; and a baseball glove used in a 1959 baseball game while leading a team called \u201cThe Bearded Ones.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81632\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81632'>\n\t\t\t\tKnick-knacks and mementos are found throughout the plantation, everything from this Old Spice shaving mug to a machete that Fidel Castro used in the 1970 sugar harvest. Other items include: A wooden box where Castro kept his coveted cigars; boots he wore on trips to Moscow; and a baseball glove used in a 1959 baseball game while leading a team called \u201cThe Bearded Ones.\u201d  Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-13-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-13-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"This carob tree is one many huge trees on the grounds of the plantation. It is more than 100 years old. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81631\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81631'>\n\t\t\t\tThis carob tree is one many huge trees on the grounds of the plantation. It is more than 100 years old. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-2-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro\u2019s father first started building a home at the plantation in 1915. He finished it in 1917 and his children were born there. In 1947, he built a larger house. It burned to the ground in 1954 after he left a left a lit cigar in a bedroom, historian Alietty Castro said. His wife, Lina, hoped he would rebuild the home, but that didn\u2019t happen for many years. Workers didn\u2019t start on the project until the late 1970s with the help of Fidel Castro\u2019s confidante Celia Sanchez. The home was unveiled in the 1980s. It is now being restored once again and is off limits to visitors. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81630\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81630'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro\u2019s father first started building a home at the plantation in 1915. He finished it in 1917 and his children were born there.\nIn 1947, he built a larger house. It burned to the ground in 1954 after he left a left a lit cigar in a bedroom, historian Alietty Castro said.\nHis wife, Lina, hoped he would rebuild the home, but that didn\u2019t happen for many years. Workers didn\u2019t start on the project until the late 1970s with the help of Fidel Castro\u2019s confidante Celia Sanchez. The home was unveiled in the 1980s. It is now being restored once again and is off limits to visitors. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-3-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro visited his old school in Biran on Sept. 23, 2003 \u2013 100 years after the birth of his mother. A photo hanging on the wall of the school shows him sitting in the front row and talking to visiting students. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81629\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81629'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro visited his old school in Biran on Sept. 23, 2003 \u2013 100 years after the birth of his mother. A photo hanging on the wall of the school shows him sitting in the front row and talking to visiting students. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-4-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-4-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"These photos are of Fidel Castro\u2019s parents. Times were tense during the Cuban revolution. Lina often prayed \u201cto ask for the lives of the children she had in the war and she didn\u2019t know what their fate would be,\u201d historian Alietty Castro said. She turned one room at the plantation into a religious sanctuary of sorts, and visitors are not allowed to take pictures there. Raul Castro stopped by the house in 1958 to comfort his mother and to give her something for protection: A San Cristobal submachine gun. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81628\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81628'>\n\t\t\t\tThese photos are of Fidel Castro\u2019s parents. Times were tense during the Cuban revolution. Lina often prayed \u201cto ask for the lives of the children she had in the war and she didn\u2019t know what their fate would be,\u201d historian Alietty Castro said. She turned one room at the plantation into a religious sanctuary of sorts, and visitors are not allowed to take pictures there. Raul Castro stopped by the house in 1958 to comfort his mother and to give her something for protection: A San Cristobal submachine gun. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-5-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/biran-tracey-eaton-5-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fidel Castro\u2019s parents are buried at the plantation. His father slipped in the bathroom and suffered a hernia on Oct. 20, 1956. He was taken to a hospital about five miles away, but died the next day at the age of 81. His wife died on Aug. 23, 1963. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-81627\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-81627'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro\u2019s parents are buried at the plantation. His father slipped in the bathroom and suffered a hernia on Oct. 20, 1956. He was taken to a hospital about five miles away, but died the next day at the age of 81. His wife died on Aug. 23, 1963. Photo: Tracey Eaton \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Separador-022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"28\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76383\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Separador-022.png\" alt=\"separador-022\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>La Plata<\/h3>\n<p>Fidel Castro\u2019s headquarters during the final months of the Cuban Revolution was a simple two-room shelter hidden in the Sierra Maestra, a rugged stretch of peaks along Cuba\u2019s southern coast.<\/p>\n<p>Castro and his rebel forces were battling U.S.-backed Cuban leader Fulgencio Bastista and his 10,000 troops.<\/p>\n<p>In 1958, Batista launched his most ambitious military offensive of the war. It was called Operation FF, which stood for Fase Final (Final Phase) or, alternately, Fin de Fidel (the End of Fidel).<\/p>\n<p>Castro and about three dozen other rebels fled into the densely forested Sierra Maestra to escape Operation FF.<\/p>\n<p>Castro\u2019s confidant, Celia Sanchez, designed the rebel headquarters, which was built into a hillside and under a canopy of trees that shielded it from government planes.<\/p>\n<p>The headquarters was known as La Comandancia de la Plata. Government forces never discovered it, Operation FF failed and Castro declared victory on Jan. 1, 1959.<\/p>\n<p>The command post was later declared a national monument and workers restored it, along with 15 other wooden huts in the area.<\/p>\n<p>For years, visitors could go to La Plata by invitation only, but the landmark is now open to tourists.<\/p>\n<p>To get there, tourists must travel along Cuba\u2019s steepest road, with inclines of up to 40 degrees. They pass through a village called Santo Domingo, then to El Alto de Naranjo, another 700 meters (2,300 feet) in elevation. They must go by foot or mule the final three kilometers (1.9 miles) to La Plata.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-81625 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2first-post-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2first-post-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This was the first control point on the path toward Fidel Castro\u2019s command post. During the revolution, rebels passed messages from here to Castro\u2019s headquarters while determining whether a visitor could go past. The structure was also used as a medical post. \u201cOn some visits that Che Guevara made to the command post, he sometimes extracted molars. They didn\u2019t have anesthesia,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81650\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81650'>\n\t\t\t\tThis was the first control point on the path toward Fidel Castro\u2019s command post. During the revolution, rebels passed messages from here to Castro\u2019s headquarters while determining whether a visitor could go past. The structure was also used as a medical post.\n\u201cOn some visits that Che Guevara made to the command post, he sometimes extracted molars. They didn\u2019t have anesthesia,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1sign-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1sign-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This sign points the way to Fidel Castro\u2019s former command headquaters. Castro \u201cwas a good leader and a good example for others,\u201d said Osmani Diaz, 43, who has worked as a guide in the Sierra Maestra for 22 years. \u201cHe gave us hope. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81649\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81649'>\n\t\t\t\tThis sign points the way to Fidel Castro\u2019s former command headquaters. Castro \u201cwas a good leader and a good example for others,\u201d said Osmani Diaz, 43, who has worked as a guide in the Sierra Maestra for 22 years. \u201cHe gave us hope. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3aurelio-medina-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3aurelio-medina-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"During the revolution, Fidel Castro met with a visiting journalist on this grassy spot. They spoke in the home of rebel supporter Aurelio Medina. Castro suspected the journalist was a spy. So, as the story goes, Castro ordered that Medina\u2019s home be removed and a replica built a few kilometers away. Some days later, government planes destroyed the replica, which confirmed the journalist was spying, guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81651\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81651'>\n\t\t\t\tDuring the revolution, Fidel Castro met with a visiting journalist on this grassy spot. They spoke in the home of rebel supporter Aurelio Medina. Castro suspected the journalist was a spy. So, as the story goes, Castro ordered that Medina\u2019s home be removed and a replica built a few kilometers away. Some days later, government planes destroyed the replica, which confirmed the journalist was spying, guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4grave-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4grave-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A rebel fighter named Jeonas Rodriguez, 21, was injured in Santo Domingo and brought to La Plata. Rebel doctors couldn\u2019t save her. Her will stated that she wanted to be buried at La Plata. \u201cShe wanted her body to rest at the command post and now her original body is physically here, here in this grave,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81652\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81652'>\n\t\t\t\tA rebel fighter named Jeonas Rodriguez, 21, was injured in Santo Domingo and brought to La Plata. Rebel doctors couldn\u2019t save her. Her will stated that she wanted to be buried at La Plata.\n\u201cShe wanted her body to rest at the command post and now her original body is physically here, here in this grave,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5-ranch-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5-ranch-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This home belonged to Osvaldo Medina, a ranch owner and father of six children. \u201cHe was the first farmer to offer to help Fidel unconditionally\u2026to offer his land for the construction of the command post,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81653\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81653'>\n\t\t\t\tThis home belonged to Osvaldo Medina, a ranch owner and father of six children. \u201cHe was the first farmer to offer to help Fidel unconditionally\u2026to offer his land for the construction of the command post,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6ranch-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6ranch-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Osvaldo Medina served as a guide, let Castro use his mules and gave him food. Medina and his sons also played music for the rebels. Some songs mocked then-dictator Fulgencio Batista, calling him \u201cthe Monkey.\u201d After the revolution, Medina continued playing music as part of the Rebel Quintet. He died in 1992, but his band lived on. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81654\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81654'>\n\t\t\t\tOsvaldo Medina served as a guide, let Castro use his mules and gave him food.\nMedina and his sons also played music for the rebels. Some songs mocked then-dictator Fulgencio Batista, calling him \u201cthe Monkey.\u201d After the revolution, Medina continued playing music as part of the Rebel Quintet. He died in 1992, but his band lived on. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7radio-rebelde-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7radio-rebelde-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Argentine-born revolutionary Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Guevara supervised Radio Rebelde, or Rebel Radio, which began broadcasting in 1958. \u201cFidel, over the radio, called for a general strike and the rejection of the imperialism that Cuba saw at that time,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81655\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81655'>\n\t\t\t\tArgentine-born revolutionary Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Guevara supervised Radio Rebelde, or Rebel Radio, which began broadcasting in 1958. \u201cFidel, over the radio, called for a general strike and the rejection of the imperialism that Cuba saw at that time,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8diaz-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8diaz-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Guide Osmani Diaz, shown here, said government forces murdered his grandfather. \u201cMy grandfather was accused of helping Fidel, of giving food and some supplies to Fidel, and he was taken and burned alive,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cMy mother still feels the loss. \u201c After the rebels won in 1959, Diaz said the new government helped his family and made sure \u201cthat they had good schooling\u201d and enough food to eat. \u201cMy mother and I greatly admire the revolution because of this.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81656\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81656'>\n\t\t\t\tGuide Osmani Diaz, shown here, said government forces murdered his grandfather.\n \u201cMy grandfather was accused of helping Fidel, of giving food and some supplies to Fidel, and he was taken and burned alive,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cMy mother still feels the loss. \u201c\nAfter the rebels won in 1959, Diaz said the new government helped his family and made sure \u201cthat they had good schooling\u201d and enough food to eat. \u201cMy mother and I greatly admire the revolution because of this.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/10command-post-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/10command-post-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Fidel Castro\u2019s rudimentary headquarters has two rooms. There is a bed in one room and a table and refrigerator \u2013 complete with a bullet hole \u2013 in the other. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81658\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81658'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro\u2019s rudimentary headquarters has two rooms. There is a bed in one room and a table and refrigerator \u2013 complete with a bullet hole \u2013 in the other. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11bed-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11bed-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The bed was a gift from Osvaldo Medina. \u201cFidel\u2026was a rebel who usually slept in a hammock,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. But since he was \u201ca thinker,\u201d and he was responsible for everyone else, he was given the luxury of a bed, Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81659\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81659'>\n\t\t\t\tThe bed was a gift from Osvaldo Medina. \u201cFidel\u2026was a rebel who usually slept in a hammock,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. But since he was \u201ca thinker,\u201d and he was responsible for everyone else, he was given the luxury of a bed, Diaz said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12refrigerator-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12refrigerator-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Kerosene powered this refrigerator, which was used to store medicine and food. The rebels cooked at night so that enemy planes wouldn\u2019t spot the smoke from their fires. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81660\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81660'>\n\t\t\t\tKerosene powered this refrigerator, which was used to store medicine and food. The rebels cooked at night so that enemy planes wouldn\u2019t spot the smoke from their fires. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12table-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12table-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Fidel Castro had his meals at this table. \u201cIf there was rice for everyone, only rice, he had only rice,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. \u201cIf there were beans for everyone, he ate only beans. He ate what the other combatants ate.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81661\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81661'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro had his meals at this table.  \u201cIf there was rice for everyone, only rice, he had only rice,\u201d guide Osmani Diaz said. \u201cIf there were beans for everyone, he ate only beans. He ate what the other combatants ate.\u201d Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14typewriter-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14typewriter-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Rebels produced communiques, letters and other documents while hiding from government forces. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81662\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81662'>\n\t\t\t\tRebels produced communiques, letters and other documents while hiding from government forces.\n Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15sewing-machine-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15sewing-machine-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Insurgents repaired their uniforms using a vintage sewing machine. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-81663\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-81663'>\n\t\t\t\tInsurgents repaired their uniforms using a vintage sewing machine. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Separador-022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"28\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76383\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Separador-022.png\" alt=\"separador-022\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Santo Domingo<\/h3>\n<p>Fidel Castro has critics throughout Cuba, but some followers remain loyal to him because he brought real change to their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers who live in the green hills of the Sierra Maestra credit Castro for building schools, health clinics and roads after the 1959 revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The rebel government also broke up chunks of land and distributed them to the poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFidel is the father of all Cubans,\u201d said Ernesto Anaya, 45, who lives in Santo Domingo, a village nestled in the Sierra Maestra. \u201cFor me, he\u2019s my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anaya\u2019s home is east of La Comandancia de la Plata, a smattering of wooden huts where Castro holed up during the final months of the Cuban Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>One of Anaya\u2019s children is in medical school. The other plans to study engineering. Getting such an education, Anaya said, would not have been possible without the Cuban revolution.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Arcadia Verdecia, agrees.<\/p>\n<p>She met Castro when he visited Santo Domingo in 2003 and considers the memories \u201csacred because I saw him up close for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to him. I looked at him,\u201d she said. \u201cA personality so big, with that importance, it\u2019s not easy having him so close to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verdecia believes that Castro will be remembered \u201cas something big that happened in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll always have him with us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-81625 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15-workers-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15-workers-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The Cuban government gave loans to some residents in Santo Domingo so that they could build new homes. \u201cThings are getting better every day,\u201d resident Ernesto Anaya said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81671\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81671'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Cuban government gave loans to some residents in Santo Domingo so that they could build new homes. \u201cThings are getting better every day,\u201d resident Ernesto Anaya said. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1-couple-1-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1-couple-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Arcadia Verdecia, right, and her husband, Ernesto Anaya, rent rooms to tourists traveling through the Sierra Maestra. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81684\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81684'>\n\t\t\t\tArcadia Verdecia, right, and her husband, Ernesto Anaya, rent rooms to tourists traveling through the Sierra Maestra. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-rooster-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-rooster-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A rooster struts around in Santo Domingo. Ernesto Anaya moved to the village from a town called Cinco Palmas in 1990. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81682\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81682'>\n\t\t\t\tA rooster struts around in Santo Domingo. Ernesto Anaya moved to the village from a town called Cinco Palmas in 1990. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-nature-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-nature-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Some tourists venture out to Fidel Castro\u2019s former command center, known as La Comandancia de la Plata. Others hike Pico Turquino, the highest point in Cuba with an elevation of 1,974 meters (6,476 feet). \u201cWhat\u2019s attractive for tourists is the mountains, the environment\u2026nature,\u201d said Ernesto Anaya, who rents his home to visitors in Santo Domingo. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81681\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81681'>\n\t\t\t\tSome tourists venture out to Fidel Castro\u2019s former command center, known as La Comandancia de la Plata. Others hike Pico Turquino, the highest point in Cuba with an elevation of 1,974 meters (6,476 feet).\n\u201cWhat\u2019s attractive for tourists is the mountains, the environment\u2026nature,\u201d said Ernesto Anaya, who rents his home to visitors in Santo Domingo. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6-boys-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6-boys-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Life in the country isn\u2019t easy. \u201cYou have to work a lot,\u201d Arcadia Verdecia said. But it\u2019s \u201cbeautiful, peaceful, agreeable.\u201d Soccer grew in popularity in Santo Domingo and many other towns after the Cuban government broadcast World Cup matches in 2014. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81678\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81678'>\n\t\t\t\tLife in the country isn\u2019t easy. \u201cYou have to work a lot,\u201d Arcadia Verdecia said. But it\u2019s \u201cbeautiful, peaceful, agreeable.\u201d Soccer grew in popularity in Santo Domingo and many other towns after the Cuban government broadcast World Cup matches in 2014. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5-girl-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5-girl-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Few cars travel on the single road that goes through Santo Domingo, giving children room to play. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81683\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81683'>\n\t\t\t\tFew cars travel on the single road that goes through Santo Domingo, giving children room to play. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9-girl-playing-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9-girl-playing-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Many children in Santo Domingo do not have fancy or expensive toys. For this girl, a nail and a leaf are enough for an afternoon of fun. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81677\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81677'>\n\t\t\t\tMany children in Santo Domingo do not have fancy or expensive toys. For this girl, a nail and a leaf are enough for an afternoon of fun. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-horse-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-horse-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Some residents of Santo Domingo prefer to travel by horse. In around 2011, they say, three people were killed after the brakes in their jeep failed while returning from La Plata. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81672\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81672'>\n\t\t\t\tSome residents of Santo Domingo prefer to travel by horse. In around 2011, they say, three people were killed after the brakes in their jeep failed while returning from La Plata. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13-pig-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13-pig-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On May 17, 1959, Cuba enacted its Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated farms bigger than 1,000 acres and banned foreign land ownership. In recent years, Cuba has struggled to produce enough food for its people and has had to import corn, grain, wheat and other commodities from the United States. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81673\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81673'>\n\t\t\t\tOn May 17, 1959, Cuba enacted its Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated farms bigger than 1,000 acres and banned foreign land ownership. In recent years, Cuba has struggled to produce enough food for its people and has had to import corn, grain, wheat and other commodities from the United States. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14-girl-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14-girl-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Mountain terrain covers nearly 20 percent of Cuba and is home to some 700,000 people, including this resident of Santo Domingo. In 1987, the Cuban government launched an initiative called the Turquino Plan, aimed at boosting economic development and environmental conservation in the country\u2019s four mountain regions, including the Sierra Maestra. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81674\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81674'>\n\t\t\t\tMountain terrain covers nearly 20 percent of Cuba and is home to some 700,000 people, including this resident of Santo Domingo. In 1987, the Cuban government launched an initiative called the Turquino Plan, aimed at boosting economic development and environmental conservation in the country\u2019s four mountain regions, including the Sierra Maestra. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11-horses-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11-horses-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Signs in and out of Santo Domingo warn of perilous steep hills and switchbacks. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81675\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81675'>\n\t\t\t\tSigns in and out of Santo Domingo warn of perilous steep hills and switchbacks. Photo: Tracey Eaton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8-car-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/8-car-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Fidel Castro visited Santo Domingo in 2003. Ernesto Anaya watched as he spoke to schoolchildren and a doctor. Castro asked what health troubles were most common. Parasites, the doctor told him. Photo: Tracey Eaton\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-81676\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-81676'>\n\t\t\t\tFidel Castro visited Santo Domingo in 2003. Ernesto Anaya watched as he spoke to schoolchildren and a doctor. Castro asked what health troubles were most common. Parasites, the doctor told him. 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